Weight and Motivation

I'm still uncomfortable with this -- so I want to be careful about what I say and what I do -- particularly since this is a public forum for anyone to stop by and read.

This is my basic contention:

* If I were more attractive to females, I would currently have an attractive girlfriend;
* I can increase my attractive quality, mostly, by becoming more fit and gaining a smaller waist and more defined musculature; and
* I can also further increase my attractive quotient by going on to be a productive member of society with a responsible job and a decent income.

I can control the second two of those. I probably don't have much control over thinning hair. I don't have any control over skin hue, eye color, smile, etc. So, my contention is, I should work to maximize that which I can control. I can make a kick-ass unbelievable body through massive exercise and caloric reduction.

But for some reason, and I can't quite put my finger on it -- I feel guilty about making that proclamation. That somehow I'm committing a moral sin to committing to doing something for the sake of vanity.

Which is the basis of the motivation poster I created below. Essentially filled with women that I, arguably, may have had an opportunity to meet and date had I been a bit more attractive to them.

I do believe that one can manufacture a kick-ass body. I think it's incredibly hard and dedicated work for some -- and a genetic gift for others. So that's my new motivational strategy is to just get out and do it.

I believe the strategy is this:

* Better caloric control. Trying to control it down to 2,200 or 2,000, 1,800 or 1,600 calories per day -- whatever is both a) doable; and b) produces a weight loss of about 2 pounds per week.

* Better and higher quality workouts. I think I'd like to move into the 12-14 hour base aerobic phase per week:
swim: 3 hours;
bike: 6 hours;
run: 2 hours;
row: 3 hours;
cals: 1.5 hours

15.5 hour per week.

Weight schedule:

The weight schedules are in spreadsheets (which I would make available to anyone who wanted to look them over, just send a comment with your email address).

Body fat schedule:

My data shows that at my best, via body fat calipers, I can lose approximately 2% of body fat per month -- 1% is certainly doable then. Therefore:

09.14.2005: 21.64%
10.14.2005: 20.64%
11.14.2005: 19.64%
12.14.2005: 18.64%
01.14.2006: 17.64%
02.14.2006: 16.64%
03.14.2006: 15.64%
04.14.2006: 14.64%
05.14.2006: 13.64%
06.14.2006: 12.64%
07.14.2006: 11.64%
08.14.2006: 10.64%
09.14.2006: 9.64%
10.14.2006: 8.64%
11.14.2006: 7.64%
12.14.2006: 6.64%
01.14.2007: 5.64%

MOre aggressive at 1.5% per month (rounder numbers):

09.14.2005: 21.50%
10.14.2005: 20.00%
11.14.2005: 18.50%
12.14.2005: 17.00%
01.14.2006: 15.50%
02.14.2006: 14.00%
03.14.2006: 12.50%
04.14.2006: 11.00%
05.14.2006: 9.50%
06.14.2006: 8.00%
07.14.2006: 6.50%
08.14.2006: 5.00%

Super aggressive at 2% per month:

09.14.2005: 21.64%
10.14.2005: 19.64%
11.14.2005: 17.64%
12.14.2005: 15.64%
01.14.2006: 13.64%
02.14.2006: 11.64%
03.14.2006: 9.64%
04.14.2006: 7.64%
05.14.2006: 5.64%
06.14.2006: 5.00%

Just trying to make this all work.